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Perhaps it is humankind's long suffering at the mercy of flood and drought that makes the ideal of forcing the waters to do our bidding so fascinating.

可能是因为人类太长时间遭受洪水与干旱的折磨，使得控制洪水的理想变得如此有吸引力。

The spirit of all of the above are at the mercy of the money.

所有的精神都寄托在钱上面。

Gone are the days when we had to be at the mercy of the weather.

我们靠天吃饭的日子一去不复返了。

No amount of effort can change the situation now. We are at the mercy of the weather.

现在不是我们努力可以改变情况的，我们得受天气的支配。

If GM misses the deadline—possible, given displays of reckless brinkmanship by the parties involved—or scrambles over the line but still needs more money to stay in business, it will be at the mercy of congressional Democrats who would like to make it an instrument of their environmental agenda.

如果通用公司没能在最终期限前达到要求——它可能面临多方采取的不计后果的边缘政策——或者在破产边缘徘徊，但仍旧需要更多的资金才能维持运营，这样国会里的民主党人将掌握它的命运，并以此推进他们的环境问题议程。

At the mercy of the sun and the earth, harvests of cereals and vegetables must be increased.

受土地和太阳的恩惠，谷物和蔬菜这样的农作物的收成也必须增加。

So as the spill burns on, the story of the Diamondback Terrapin is just one more illustration of how many creatures, great and small, are at the mercy of Big Oil.

只要泄漏烧伤，这个故事对小菜蛾鳖只是一个更说明有多少生物，大和小，是在慈悲的石油巨头。

This time around, the tech sector finds itself at the mercy of a double-barreled slump in both corporate and consumer spending caused by the housing decline and the economic crisis on Wall Street.

然而这一次，科技类股却身处双筒枪之下，住房衰退和华尔街金融危机同时降低了企业和消费者的开支能力。

He was in absolutely no hurry to step back through the front door and risk sailing through town at the mercy of the wind and ice-covered sidewalks .

他实在是不急于踏出小店的前门，穿行于市区去任凭寒风和被冰雪覆盖的道路摆布。

We are either "impregnable" to the enemy or we are "at the mercy" of the enemy.

我们或者是仇敌所"攻不破的"，或者就"处在仇敌的权下"。

It seems likely that Kraft will return with a better offer.

看起来卡夫要重新考虑一个更好的出价了。

But he'd rather burn off my feelers and watch me squirm.

可他却放任那个家伙对我为所欲为！